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								very irritable bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
 2.
								having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
 a horse with a short bristly mane
 bristly shrubs
 
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			| 1. Bristly / Comparitive bristlier
 2. Bristly / Superlative
 bristliest
 
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		| armed
					
		
									
		ill-natured |  
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